The 

Eleventh  Annual  Convention 
of  the  Religious  Education 

Association 

ADVANCE  PROGRAM  No.  3 

Reprinted  from  Religious 
Education,  February,  1914 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

March  4-8,  1914 


Theme: 

Education  and  Social  Life" 

The  threefold  purpose  of  the  Religious  Education  Association 
is:  to  inspire  the  educational  forces  of  our  country  with  the 
religious  ideal;  to  inspire  the  religious  forces  of  our  country  with 
the  educational  ideal;  and  to  keep  before  the  public  mind  the 
ideal  of  religious  education,  and  the  sense  of  its  need  and  value. 


INFORMATION 


With  a  few  exceptions  the  meetings  will  be  held  in  the  build¬ 
ings  of  Yale  University;  the  day  sessions  in  Lampson  Lyceum,  the 
night  sessions  in  Woolsey  Hall. 

The  program  is  divided  into  three  parts : 

I.  Popular  Evening  Sessions,  Thursday,  Friday,  Saturday  and 
Sunday  evenings  at  8  p.  m.  and  Sunday  afternoon  at  2.30 
p.  M. ;  all  in  Woolsey  Hall. 

11.  The  Conference  Program,  mornings  and  afternoons  of 
Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday,  on  the  topic  “The  Rela¬ 
tion  of  Higher  Education  to  the  Social  Order;”  meeting  in 
Lampson  Lyceum. 

III.  A  Program  on  Sunday  Schools,  with  public  sessions  Wednes¬ 
day  night  at  Center  Church,  and  on  Saturday  morning  and 
afternoon;  and  with  sessions  for  all  workers  in  Sunday 
schools  at  the  Hotel  Taft  on  Wednesday  morning  and 
afternoon,  together  with  annual  meetings  of  the  depart¬ 
ments. 

THE  exhibit. 

An  exhibit  of  unusual  interest  showing  modern  methods  of 
work  will  be  installed  in  the  new  Public  Library. 

The  Library  exhibit  will  be  in  the  Yale  University  Library. 


HOTEL  HEADQUARTERS. 


At  the  Hotel  Taft  opposite  the  New  Haven  Green;  make  reser¬ 
vations  early. 


HOTEL  TAFT. 


(The  Headquarters  of  the  Convention.) 
Accommodate  400 — Single  rooms  $1.50  per  day;  double,  with  2 
beds,  $2. 

Single  rooms  with  bath  $2  per  day  and  up. 

Double  room  with  two  beds  $3  and  up. 

European  Plan. 


HOTEL  BISHOP. 

Twenty  rooms — $2  per  day  for  each  room,  one  person. 
$3  per  day  for  each  room  with  two  persons. 
Double  beds. 

European  Plan. 

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HOTEL  DUNCAN. 

Can  accommodate  75 — On  the  European  plan  $1.50  per  day  for 
each  room  and  on  the  American  plan  $3  for  each  person. 
All  rooms  have  baths  and  double  beds. 

HOTEL  DAVENPORT. 

Accommodate  70  persons — Single  or  double  beds. 

One  person  $1.50  per  day;  two  persons  $2. 

European  Plan. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  will  accommodate  1 5  or  20. 


I.  THE  POPULAR  GENERAL  SESSIONS 
Thursday,  March  5th,  7:45  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall. 

Speakers. 

Arthur  Tzvining  Hadley,  LL.D.,  President  of  Yale  University. 
Charles  F.  Thzving,  LL.D.,  President  of  Western  Reserve  Univer¬ 
sity  and  President  of  the  Religious  Education  Association. 

Friday,  March  6th,  7:45  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall. 

Speakers. 

A.  Gaudier,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  Knox  College,  Toronto, 
Canada. 

Samuel  C.  Mitchell,  LL.D.,  President  Medical  College  of  Virginia, 
Richmond,  Va. 

Theme,  “education  in  relation  to  women  and  the  home."” 


Saturday,  March  7th,  4:30  P.  M. 

PUBLIC  RECEPTION. 

Memorial  Hall. 


Saturday,  March  7th,  7:45  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall. 

Speakers. 

Charles  S.  Whitman,  District  Attorney,  County  of  Nezv  York, 
Nezv  York  City. 


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Hon.  P.  P.  Claxton,  Ph.D.,  U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Education, 
W  ashing  ton,  D.  C. 

Joseph  R.  Szvain,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  N.  E,  A.  and  President 
of  Swarthmore  College,  Swarthmore,  Pa. 

His  Excellency  Simeon  Baldwin,  LL.D.,  Governor  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Theme,  “making  social  citizens.” 


Sunday,  March  8th,  2:30  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall. 

John  R.  Mott,  LL.D.,  on  “religious  life  at  college.” 
Samuel  A.  Eliot,  D.D.,  President  American  Unitarian  Association 

on  “the  church. and  the  college.” 


Sunday,  March  8th,  7:45  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall. 

Rabbi  Stephen  S.  Wise,  Ph.D.,  Free  Synagogue,  New  York. 
William  H.  P.  Faunce,  LL.D.,  President  Brown  University, 
Providence,  R.  I. 

William^  Howard  Taft,  LL.D.,  Ex-President  The  United  States. 


11.  THE  CONFERENCE 

ON  “THE  RELATION  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION  TO  THE 
SOCIAL  ORDER,”  ARRANGED  BY  THE  COUNCIL 
OF  THE  RELIGIOUS  EDUCATION 
ASSOCIATION. 

THE  PROGRAM 

FIRST  SESSION. 

Thursday,  March  5th,  9:30  A.  M. 

Lampson  Lyceum,  Yale  University. 

I.  EDUCATION  AND  SOCIETY. 

The  fundamental  social  characteristics  which  may  be  developed 
by  education. 

Mary  E.  Woolley,  LL.D.,  President  Mt.  Holyoke  College,  Mass. 

II.  COLLEGE  LIFE  AND  THE  SOCIAL  ORDER. 

I.  From  what  classes  of  the  population  are  the  students  drawn? 
Changes  in  the  cost  of  education  to  the  student,  and  social 
effects  of  these  changes. 


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William  B.  Bailey,  Assistant  Professor  Yale  University, 
New  Haven,  Conn. 

2.  The  socializing  value  of  fraternity  life. 

William  DeWitt  Hyde,  LL.D.,  President  Bowdoin  Col¬ 
lege,  Brunswick,  Me. 

3.  The  moral  status  of  college  students. 

James  Rowland  Angell,  A.M.,  Dean  of  University  Facul¬ 
ty,  University  of  Chicago. 

4.  The  place  and  influence  of  athletics. 

Albion  W.  Small,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Dean,  The  Graduate 
School  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  The  University  of  Chi¬ 
cago,  Chicago,  III. 

Discussion. 

Annual  business  meeting  of  the  Council. 

SECOND  SESSION. 

Thursday,  March  5th,  2:00  P.  M. 

Lampson  Lyceum,  Yale  University. 

II.  COLLEGE  LIFE  AND  THE  SOCIAL  ORDER. 

1.  The  educational  effect  of  conditions  under  which  students  live 

— ^housing,  grouping,  the  “atmosphere,”  etc.  To  what  extent 
do  these  conditions  prepare  the  student  for  life  in  a  demo¬ 
cratic  society? 

Edward  E.  Slosson,  Ph.D.,  Managing  Editor  ''The  Inde¬ 
pendent,”  New  York  City. 

2.  Successes  and  failures  of  self-government  and  the  relation  of 

self-government  to  efficient  citizenship. 

Alexander  Meiklejohn,  Ph.D.,  LED.,  President  Amherst 
College,  Amherst,  Mass. 

3.  The  extent  to  which  college  graduates  are  now  engaged  in 

social  service:  (a)  voluntaiy;  (b)  professional;  and  the  ex¬ 
tent  to  which  college  life  and  work  influenced  them  in  the 
direction  of  such  work. 

(a)  On  voluntary  service. 

D.  J.  Fleming,  M.  A.,  Lahore,  India. 

(b)  On  professional  service. 

A.  M.  Trawick,  Student  Department,  International  Y.  M. 

C.  A. 

4.  Effects  of  the  higher  education  of  women  upon  health,  the 

family  and  economic  status  of  graduates. 

Miss  Laura  Drake  Gill,  D.C.L.,  University  of  the  South, 
Sewanee,  Tenn.;  Ex-President  Collegiate  Alumnae 
Association. 


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5.  Is  it  possible  to  arrive  at  standards  by  which  to  determine  the 
selection  of  those  who  for  the  sake  of  society  should  receive 
higher  education? 

Edwin  A.  Kirkpatrick,  Professor  State  Normal  School, 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Discussion. 

THIRD  SESSION. 

Thursday,  March  5th,  7:45  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall^  Yale  University. 

III.  EDUCATION  AND  THE  AMERICAN  SPIRIT. 

\Vhat  do  the  social  changes  in  American  life  demand  of  higher 
education  ? 

Arthur  Twining  Hadley,  LL.D.,  President  Yale  Univer¬ 
sity. 

The  American  college  since  the  Civil  War. 

Charles  F.  Thwing,  LF.D.,  President  Western  Reserve 
University,  Cleveland,  O. 


FOURTH  SESSION. 

Friday,  March  6th,  9:30  A.  M. 

Lampson  Lyceum,  Yale  University. 

IV.  COLLEGE  STUDIES  AND  THE  SOCIAL  ORDER. 

1.  Changes  in  the  requirements  for  graduation  already  brought 

about  by  the  newer  social  ideals.  Changes  in  the  range  of 
electives  thus  brought  about. 

P.  P.  Claxton,  Ph.D.,  United  States  Commissioner  of 
Education,  Washington,  D.  C. 

2.  To  what  extent  do  the  subjects  pursued  during  the  four  years 

show  a  tendency  toward  a  social  focus?  An  investigation  of 
student  programs  in  one  college. 

Albert  B.  Wolfe,  Ph.D.,  Professor  Oberlin  College, 
Oberlin,  Ohio. 

3.  The  social  focus  in  the  studies  of  collegians. 

Elmer  E.  Brown,  LL.D.,  Chancellor  New  York  Univer¬ 
sity. 

4.  To  what  extent  do  social  ideals  control  occupational  studies? 

Frank  T.  Carlton,  Ph.D.,  Professor  Albion  College, 
Albion,  Mich. 

5.  The  relation  of  college  study  of  ethics  to  the  character  of 

students. 

Lyman  P.  Powell,  President  Hobart  College,  Geneva, 

N.  Y. 


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6.  Special  courses  on  social  living  for  freshmen. 

Bernard  Ewer,  Professor  Reed  College,  Portland,  Ore. 
Discussion. 

Annual  business  meeting  of  the  Council  (2d  session). 

FIFTH  SESSION. 

Friday,  March  6th,  2:00  P.  M. 

Lampson  Lyceum,  Yale  University. 

COLLEGE  STUDIES  AND  THE  SOCIAL  ORDER. 

1.  The  socialization  of  the  college  curriculum. 

Laenas  G.  Weld,  AM.,  Principal  Pullman  Free  School 
of  Manual  Training,  Pullman,  111.  (Formerly  Dean, 
University  of  Iowa.) 

2.  Moral  influence  of  the  curriculum. 

George  B.  Cfitten,  Ph.D.,  President  Acadia  University, 
Wolfville,  Nova  Scotia. 

3.  The  teaching  of  ethics  in  high  schools  and  colleges  for  purposes 

of  social  training. 

James  H.  Tufts,  Professor  The  University  of  Chicago, 
Chicago,  III. 

V.  PREPARING  STUDENTS  FOR  SOCIAL  LIVING. 

1.  What  actual  policies  (oflicially)  exist  with  respect  tO'  the  prepa¬ 

ration  of  students  for  civic  life,  church  life  and  family  life? 
Miss  Laura  H.  Wild,  Professor  Lake  Erie  College, 
Painesville,  Ohio. 

2.  Possible  lines  of  apprenticeship  in  social  service  during  college 

life. 

Richard  H.  Edwards,  M.A.,  Student  Secretary  The  Inter¬ 
national  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  New  York. 

3.  College  tests  to  aid  in  vocational  direction. 

James  E.  Lough,  Ph.D.,  Secretary  School  of  Pedagogy, 
New  York  University,  New  York  City. 

Discussion. 

The  need  and  scope  of  an  adequate  university  school  of  religion. 
Anson  Phelps  Stokes,  A.M.,  D.D.,  Secretary  of  Yale 
University,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


SIXTH  SESSION. 

Friday,  March  6th,  7:45  P.  M. 

WooLSEY  Hall,  Yale  University. 

VI.  EDUCATION  IN  RELATION  TO  WOMEN  AND  THE  HOME. 

A.  Gandier,  D.D.,  President  Kno.v  College,  Toronto, 
Canada. 


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Samuel  C.  Mitchell,  LL.D.,  President  Medical  College 
of  Virginia,  Richmond. 


SEVENTH  SESSION. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  9:00  A.  M. 

Lampson  Lyceum,  Yale  Univeesity. 
Annual  business  meeting  of  the  R.  E.  A. 


EIGHTH  SESSION. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  10:30  A.  M. 

Lampson  Lyceum,  Yale  University. 

VII.  COLLEGE  ORGANIZATION  AND  THE  SOCIAL  ORDER. 

1.  What  do  college  budgets  show  as  to  the  purposes  of  the  col¬ 

leges  ? 

Kendrick  C.  Babcock,  Ph.D.,  Dean  The  University  of 
Illinois,  Urhana,  111. 

Charles  W.  Williams,  A.M.,  Executive  Secretary  Fed¬ 
eration  for  Philanthropy,  Cleveland,  0.  (Formerly 
Assistant  to  the  President  of  Oberlin  College.) 

2.  To  what  extent  does  college  government  approach  the  ideals 

of  democratic  society? 

Edwin  D.  Starbuck,  Ph.D.,  Professor  The  University  of 
Iowa,  Iowa  City,  lozm. 

3.  To  what  extent  is  democracy  realized  in  college  administration 

and  in  faculty  circles? 

/.  McKeen  Cattell,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Dean  Columbia  Uni¬ 
versity,  New  York  City. 

4.  The  economic  condition  of  instructors,  assistant  professors 

and  professors. 

John  lames  Stevenson,  LL.D.,  Professor  Emeritus  New 
York  University. 

5.  The  tenure  of  office  of  members  of  faculties. 

James  H.  Kirkland,  Ph.D.,  D.C.L.,  Chancellor  Vanderbilt 
University,  Nashville,  Tenn. 


NINTH  SESSION. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  2:00  P.  M. 

VIII.  THE  COLLEGE  IN  RELATION  TO  CITIZENSHIP  AND  SOCIAL 

CHARACTER. 

I.  Positive  university  influence  on  modem  municipal  affairs  and 
civic  life. 


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Jeremiah  W.  Jenks,  Ph.D.,  Professor  New  York  Univer¬ 
sity,  New  York  City. 

2.  The  influence  of  the  schools  of  applied  science  on  preparation 

for  citizenship. 

Charles  Sumner  Howe,  Ph.D.,  President  Case  School  of 
Applied  Science,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

3.  The  relation  of  professional  training  to  citizenship  and  social 

character. 

William  Macdonald,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  Brown 
University,  Providence,  R.  I. 


4:30  P.  M.— PUBLIC  RECEPTION. 

Memorial  Hall,  Yale  University. 


TENTH  SESSION. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  7:45  P.  M. 

Woolsey  Hall,  Yale  University. 

X.  MAKING  SOCIAL  CITIZENS. 

Charles  S.  Whitman,  District  Attorney,  County  of  New  York,  New 
York  City. 

Hon.  P.  P.  Claxton,  U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Education,  Washing¬ 
ton,  D.  C. 

Joseph  R.  Swain,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  N.  E.  A.  and  President 
of  Swarthmore  College,  Swarthmore,  Pa. 

His  Excellency  Simeon  Baldwin,  LL.D.,  Governor  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  Hartford,  Conn. 


ELEVENTH  SESSION. 

Sunday,  March  8th,  2:30  P.  M. 

Woolsey  Hall,  Yale  University. 

XI.  COLLEGE  AND  THE  CHURCH. 

I.  The  actual  influence  of  existing  religious  agencies  in  the  col¬ 
lege. 

John  R.  Mott,  LL.D.,  General  Secretary  World's  Student 
Christian  Federation,  New  York  City. 

Samuel  A.  Eliot,  D.D.,  President  American  Unitarian  As¬ 
sociation. 


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TWELFTH  SESSION, 

Sunday,  March  8th,  7:45  P.  M. 

XII.  THE  COLLEGE  AND  THE  NEW  SOCIAL  ORDER. 

Stephen  S.  Wise,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi,  Free  Synagogue_  of  New 
York. 

William  H.  P.  Faiince,  LL.D.,  President  Brozvn  Univer¬ 
sity,  Providence,  R.  L 

William  Howard  Taft,  LL.D.,  Ex-President  The  United 
States. 


OTHER  AND  PARALLEL  SESSIONS. 

III.  PROGRAM  ON  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS  AND  OTHER 

DEPARTMENTS. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 

EXECUTIVE  SESSIONS. 

(Open  to  all  members  of  R.  E.  A.  and  to  professional  workers  in 

Sunday  Schools.) 

Wednesday,  March  4th,  9:30  A.  M.,  12:30  to  2:30  P.  M. 

Public  Sessions. 

At  the  Hotel  Taft. 

Topics — Departmental  Reorganization  of  Graded  S.  S» 
Expressional  Activities. 

Curriculum  and  Conduct. 

Plans  for  the  Department. 

Wednesday,  March  4th,  8:00  P.  M. 

At  Center  Church. 

THE  EDUCATIONAL  IDEAL  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  10:30  A.  M. 

At  Center  Church. 

A  series  of  papers  with  discussion  on 
Worship  in  the  Sunday  School. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  2:00  P.  M. 

Papers  and  discussion  on 

Getting  Results  in  the  Modern  Graded  Sunday  School 
Using  Graded  Lessons. 

City  Institutes. 


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TEACHERS  OF  BIBLE  IN  COLLEGES. 

Thursday,  March  8th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

Paper — “What  are  the  Important  Problems  in  Our  Field  and  How 
May  this  Department  Help  to  Meet  Them  ?” 

Frank  K.  Sanders,  Ph.D.,  President  Washburn  College, 
Topeka,  Kan, 

Plans  of  Work  and  Election  of  Officers. 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARIES. 

Friday,  March  6th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

Annual  business  meeting. 

Paper — “Present  Problems  in  Our  Field  and  Possibilities  of  this  De¬ 
partment.” 

Theodore  G.  Soares,  Ph.D.,  D.D.,  Professor  The  Uni¬ 
versity  of  Chicago, 

CHURCHES  AND  PASTORS. 

Friday,  March  6th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

Annual  business  meeting. 

Paper — “Plans  and  Possibilities  of  this  Department  at  Buffalo  in 

1915" 

Rev.  Carl  D.  Case,  Ph.D.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

“directors  of  religious  education.” 

Saturday,  March  7th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

Annual  meeting. 

Program:: 

SOCIAL  SERVICE. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

Annual  meeting. 

Paper — “Problems  of  the  Field  and  Possibilities  of  the  Department.” 

Samuel  Z.  Batten,  D.D.,  Social  Service  Secretary  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention. 

HOMES. 

Friday,  March  6th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

Annual  meeting. 

Plans  of  Work  for  the  Department. 

CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION. 

Thursday,  March  5th,  12:30  Noon,  at  Luncheon. 

“The  Field  of  this  Department’s  Work.” 

Annual  business  meeting. 

JOINT  MEETING  OF  DENOMINATIONAL  COMMISSIONS  ON  RELIGIOUS 

EDUCATION. 

Saturday,  March  7th,  10:30  A.  M. 


